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Mr Thomas Jordan, solicitor, of Masterton. and formerly a master at Wellington College, has received k letter irons hi? younger brother (M. Jordan), stating that he was on his way to join Genereal Deniken's forces in the Caucasus a 9 technical adviser to the Russian artillery, reports an exchange He goe s with the rank of major, and the letter is dated June 8. Major Jordan has seen a good deal of service. On. the outbreak of war he was an engineer in the service of the New Zealand Shiopmg Company, but threw up his posti wiiile in London and joined the British army as a, private. Early in 1915 hel went to Flanders with the reinforce-1 roent 8 for the Ist Division of the "Old Contemptibles," and served in the de- */ n(V c,of Ypres. For services in the held he was recommended in turn for commissions in the artillery, the infantry, and also in the Army Ordinance Corps, to which he was finally posted After three months at Woolwich Ordinance College he passed hi s _ examination as Inspector of Ordinance 1, and was then appointed Inspector of Coast Defences from Bristol to Devonport. From I there he was sent to Salonika and fin- • v, to ™he Bl"i;tish- Expeditionary Force m the East, where he took part in the overthrow of the Turkish forces and gained his captaancv. In his letter he states th-it General Deniken's army in the Caucasus consists very largely of" Cossacks and they have a* fair number of British guns. The only staff he is taking with him is a sni|H party of expert artificers who have volunteered for the purpose. By a strange coincidence, General Allenby, who has sent nam on his special mission, originally recommended him for his commission ny 1 landers.

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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 23 August 1919, Page 7

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Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 23 August 1919, Page 7

Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 23 August 1919, Page 7